Implementation of FT-NMR Across the Chemistry Curriculum

化学（12）Anasazi EFT-60核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪用于实施核磁共振波谱实验，并为大一到大四化学实验室的学生提供实践经验。每年大约有1200名来自不同学科的学生受到这个项目的影响。密西西比女子大学（MUW）有机化学序列专业的学生也在使用该仪器获得核磁共振波谱学的经验。核磁共振仪器作为一种吸引和留住STEM学科中代表性不足的学生的工具，其广泛影响是通过向社区学院和大学的高中生和本科生开展外展活动来增强的，这些学生和本科生在他们的家庭机构中无法使用核磁共振仪器。在增加未被充分代表的群体参与科学和工程方面的积极影响是基于当地的人口统计数据，包括密西西比州立大学20%的非裔美国人入学率，密苏里大学85%的女性和32%的非裔美国人入学率，密西西比河谷州立大学93%的非裔美国人和71%的女性入学率，以及地区高中56%的非裔美国人入学率。FT-NMR光谱仪的实践经验增强了化学专业的本科教育，并帮助学生为就业或研究生学习做好准备。通过提高学生的批判性思维和解决问题的能力，以及更多地参与化学研究，可以证明该项目的智力价值。由于FT-NMR光谱的垂直整合以及该技术在整个化学课程中的整合，人们对化学作为一种职业的热情越来越高。

Chemistry (12)The Anasazi EFT-60 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer is being used to implement NMR spectroscopic experiments and provide hands-on experience for students in freshman through senior chemistry laboratories. About 1200 students per year from several disciplines are impacted by this project. Students in the organic chemistry sequence at the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) are also gaining experience in NMR spectroscopy with this instrument. The broad impact of the NMR instrument as a tool to interest and retain underrepresented students in STEM disciplines is enhanced through outreach activities to area high school students and undergraduates from community colleges and universities not having access to NMR instrumentation at their home institutions. The positive effect on increasing participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering is based on local demographics including a 20% African-American enrollment at Mississippi State University, a student body that is 85% women and 32% African-American at MUW, a 93% African-American and 71% female enrollment at Mississippi Valley State University, and a 56% African-American population at area high schools. The hands-on experience with an FT-NMR spectrometer enhances the chemistry majors' undergraduate education and helps prepare students for employment or graduate study. The intellectual merit of the project is demonstrated by the enhancement in students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and greater involvement in chemical research. Increased enthusiasm towards chemistry as a career is realized because of the vertical incorporation of FT-NMR spectroscopy and the integration of this technology throughout the chemistry curriculum.